Improvement in washing-machine



NJETERS, P

Mofo-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D c,

@anni chillin.

tldttd Q5-tana JOSEPH BVEARFORD VILSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'IO V-HIMSELE PHILIP V. LAVEENCE, ,ANDVALTER RECKLESS.

Letto/rs Patent No. 106,301, dated August 9,1870.v

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to n these Letters Patent and `making part of thesame.

I, JOSEPH BnAnFonn WrLsoN, of Philadelphia, count-y of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements inNVashing-Machines, ot' which the following is a specilication.

Nature and Object' of the. Invention.

My invention consists of certain improvements, fully describedhereat'ter, in the washing-machine for which Letters Patent were grantedto me on the 19th.

' General Description.

The general construction and arrangement of the machine are similar tothat for which Letters Patcnt were granted to me on the 19th day oflOctober,

A representing they frame. or base of the machine;

1i B', tlie standards for supporting the cross-piece D and board D';

E, the driving-shaft;

a, the bevel-gear by whichgmotionlis communicated from ,thedriving-'shaft to the vertical shaft Gthe latter having a pulley,-l7, bywhich, through thc-medium ot' a belt or. cord, b', mot-ion is impartedto the horizontal revolving tub H; and 4 F F F F represent thel beaters,operated by arms, J, of the driving-shaft, which strikeprojections orpins, c, of the heaters, asbest observed in tig. 2.

My present improvements consist- Firstly, in so constructingr theoperating-arms J that undue friction may be avoided, and the beaters hecaused to rise and fall more rapidly;

Secondly, in guarding the under side, or that parti of each pin c whichis struck by the operating-arm, with rubber o1; equivalent materialThirdly, in flirting, corrugating, or roughening the bottom of therevolvingr tub;

Fourthly, of a device for catching and holding up the heaters when it isnecessary -to obtain access to the interior ot' the tub; and

Fit'thly, of an improvement in the driving-gear.

The lirst of my improvements consists in extending the operating-arms Jacross the shaft, so -that they may strike the projections or pins ofthe beater with both ot' their opposite ends, thus operating the beatertwice for every revolution of the:drvingshaft,

instead of once only, asin my aforesaid patent ot' Octoner-19, 1869. f.'lhe opposite ends of the .operating-arms are also provided with smallwoodeuor other rollers, d, which strike the pins c of the beaters, andthus considerably diminish the friction.v

The under side of the 'projections or pins c are faced with rubber,cloth, felt, or` other suit-able material, for the purpose of preventingtbe'noise consequentupon the rapid striking of the said pins by theoperating arms or their rollers d.

Tile object of corrugating or flirting the bottom of the revolving -tubis to cause the clothes or other articlcs to be submitted to a rubbingaction between thc said corrugations and the beaters at the same timethat they are being operated upon by the latter.v

To -increase this rubbing, the utings orcorrugations may be arranged insections, as shown in fig. 4,

. so that they may be causedto pass transversely beneath the beaters.

The device for catching and holding up the beaters when it is desired togain access to the interior'ot' the tub for the purpose of removing theclothes, 85e., is illust-rated in figs. 5, 6, and 7, and consists ot' abar, K, hinged to the cross-bar D at a point adjacent to the beaters,and having, at a point opposite to each ot' the latte-r, a' spring'rcatch, f,adapted to notches, f', of

the said beaters.

When it is desired' to hold up the beaters, thebar K is turned to theposition shown in fig. 5, so that, when the said beaters are raised,they may be caught and held by the spring catches which enter thenotches f', as seen` in figj; and when the beaters are to be released,it will be only necessary to turn the bar K to the position shown intig. 7. 4

The improvement in the driving mechanism consists, principally, in theemployment of an additional short spindle, h, provided with a crank,andl having a pinion, i, gearing into a larger cog-wheel, i', of' thedriving-shaft E. p' l In my former patent, the crank was connected difrectly to the end of the driving-shaft; but this rendered the operatingof the mechanism too laborious.

Claims.

1."1he combination of the rotating tub, shaft E, its f arms, andfriction-rollers d, beaters F, and their pins c, covered, or partlycovered, with felt, or its equivalent, all as set forth.

2. 'lhe combination, with the said beaters and operating devices,vsubstantially asA described, of the rotating tub H, having its bottomcorrugated in four sect-ions, as set forth.

3. The combination; substantially as herein s'et forth, otl the barK andits spring catches f with the recessed or notched beaters.

1n testimony whereofI have signedmy name to this specilcation in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AJOSEPH BEARFonn Witsen.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, Lou-rs BoswnLL.

